BBC Persian Television

Television channel

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June 2021 BBC files a complaint with the UN about ongoing harassment of BBC Persian staff through kidnapping threats by the Islamic Republic.
October 2020 BBC Newsnight and The Andrew Marr Show begin sharing Studio 54D in the Peel Wing of BBC Broadcasting House, London
2018 BBC requests UN Human Rights Council intervention to stop Iran from harassing its Persian service staff in London and their families in Iran.
2017 Iranian authorities seize the assets of 152 contributors to BBC Persian.
2016 Iranian authorities detain Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, a former BBC World Service Trust employee.
February 2012 BBC Persian resumes full broadcasting on Hotbird.
February 2011 Another jamming incident occurs on Hotbird, with BBC Persian showing only a test card with audio service for several months.
May 26 2010 BBC Persian returns to a different frequency on Hot Bird 6 after a period of test transmissions.

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